tended the St:ate {aair at Hutch- com,panied her sister, IMr. and Mrs. Steve .Tyler, Dean, Chris-
; anti Mr. and Mrs. Floyd John- inson on ,Tuesday.
~ Mrs. C. *R. ,Messersmith of Sw tie, Michael, Terry and Steph-
.,on at Albuquerque, ,N. M. Miss Ruth Logan, an era- perior, ,Nc~r., to ttas!tings, Neh anie. Later they Call ,attended
They also attended the St',ate ployec at the Sunset Nursing on Thursday, where they ~ent the ,football game bet~ween Sa-
Waunlta Welr Fai.r in ~Naw Mexico. Home in Coneordia, is sipendin.g the day shopping, lina and Ottawa. ~)ean Tyler is
.~ae Park, Mr. and ,Guests Sunday c:[ Mrs. Bessie a ~wo ,week vacation ~at her P~v. and Mrs. Grocer of Be- a ,member af the Salina team
Lo~an o:f F, ormoso Johnson ,were her cousins, Mr home in iFormoso and with rel-
Johnson of St. and Mrs. Ehrl Stark of'Kearney, olives.
~. were Monday eve- Nebr. ,and Mr. and Mrs. Fay 'Mr. and 4Mrs. ]toward Snell
r guests of Mr. and Cl~ark of ~Billinrgs, Mont.: her and their son, Mr. :and Mrs.
I Johnson and son at ,brother, Mr. and M.rs. ATfred Charles Snell ot J,uniata, Nebr.,
in ob.~ervance of the Clark of Norton: her son, Mr. Mr. Ray Johnson and ~Mrs.
Mrs. Park. and Mrs. Milford Johnson of White cq !Payette, Ida. were Sat-
Id M's R:flt~h O. ,h,hn- Courtland: and her daughter, urday evening ,callers at the
home on Tuesd:i.y Mr. and Mrs. ,B'i:ll ,Kitts and home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob'
a Vial" at the homes of JoAnn. Kecler. ~Wi~th the exe~ption at
~ol.~;, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Cl.ark and Mrs. ,Wh,ite, all were ,former
~on ~t. Clovis. N. M. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Joe|'~ el- Formoso residents.
Mrs. X.~a Krei'ger and a
friend tg ~West Milton, Ohio
Group Polyester were Sunday overnight guesls
Knit $¢~993 of 'Mr. and Mrs. tHarry H,i~'be(.
Mrs. Kreiger .is a cousin of
yd. Mrs. :Higbee. On ~Monday morn-
machine washable
60" wide reg. to 6.98
Group
reg. to 1.98 Now $129-
20% off
One Group Ladies'
$
in,g ~hey ,called .on Mrs. H,azel
Higbee and Mrs. Zoa Johnson.
M~s. Ethel Clark returned
h,o'me on Saturday even,ing ,from
an extended .visit with relatives
in Illin.ois and Missouri.
Mrs. Don Howland and Mrs.
H,txgo Soder drove to Smi.th Cen-
ter on Sunday ,alfternoon and
visited 'Mr. Sode,r who is a resi-
dent ,of the Cappenter Manor
Nursing ,Home.
,Mrs. Lee Davidson and '.Mrs.
?~auneta Weir ,were :Sunday dro-
ner gues,ts of !~lrs. Cleo ~Bland-
ir~g at the ~Dinner Bell restaur-
ant in Belleville: then they
spent an enjoyable" a~fternoon
on a sightseeing tour to ~oints
east, and ,then north to Fair.
bury, 'Nobr.
G, uests df Mr. and Mrs. 'Dean
Cfine over the weekend were
their daughter, Leil,an,i of Wich-
ita, and her parea.ts, Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. ~Iill o{ Gypsum,
Kans.
Mrs. :IAa.ura ~.piege.1 ~nd Mr.
and Mrs. ,l:ti,cha.rd Spiegel at-
tended Ohe ~funera.1 o'f Mr. ,D.
Verne Glens, 6rother-in-law of
Mrs. Spiegel, on Thursdiay at
the ,U~ited ',Methodist Church in
~lellevil.le. Mr. Glens was a
lor~g:tJ,me empiloyee df the ~Bel,le-
vilie Telescope :and retired sev-
ra'l years ago. AI ,one .time the
Glens ,lived in Formos'o ,where
thei,r son, .then a sm'all boy, at-
tended the Formoso s~chool.
Their daughter, Shirley, now
Mrs. ,Howard ,Hughes, taught
schvol at tkat .~.i'me .at Blue ~Bird.
Mr. and Mrs. E~arl To,bias
were Sunday a.iternoon visitors
'M,i~s Molly Jones ne:ar Moni-
rose.
• Mr..and 'M, rs. Cecil C!,ark ac-
Group
Sox -g ,.,, 89c
Now
's Cords reg. to 8.00 $3
Now
Jackets --'noo S500
Hose One Size
Colors: Cinnamon - French Coffee -
Beigetone - Taupe
DREIUNG'S
• STORE
97c
loit, Mr. and Mrs. ;Edgar Lind- Anyone ~vis'hing to ,contribu:te
blad of Courtland, and ,Mrs. to t,he A.rthritis Fund Drive may
Verrfie IEmi'gh twere Sunday din- do so by con,taeting Cleo ~Bl'and-
her ,guests 0f Mr. and Mrs. ing, iEthel ,Hyde, or Vera Demp-
0ran ~Iyde d Courtland. sey.
IMrs. ,Irene Park and ~iss ,Sunday dinner g, uests o$ My.
Ruth Lag.an were su.pper guests and Mrs. IEugene Clark and
Sunday even.log of Mr. and 3ohn were his grandmothers,
Mrs. G4a.dys Cl'ark, ~and Mrs.
Mrs. Lloyd @ohns.on and son of Ella Patterson of Courtland,
M.ankato.
Mrs. Larry Thoman of Con- and :his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
cordia sper~t ,from Tuesday Taylor CAark.
through Thur.sday visiting at M,r. and ~Mrs. D~oyd Strnad
the home of her grandmother, attended ~'e State ~air at ~ut-
Mrs. ~azel ~igbee. On Thurs- chinson on Thursday.
day s:he was a dinner guest o[ Mr. and Mrs. Louis IEngle
her grandparents, ,Mr. and !Mrs. were ,Sunday dinner guests of
Floyd Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Gary St,a~fford
MiRon Kingsley df Houston, and daughters at the Dinner
Tex. spent a 'few days last .week Bell in ~Be],leville.
,visiting his i~ather, ~Mr. Axthur John 'Kindscher, age 43, of
Eingsley. IMr. K.ingsley returned Belzit passed a,w~ay on Sunday
home with his son and mill soon morning at the ,Beloi,t Com,mun-
be accompanying Mi,lton and ity Hospital. He had ,been in il'l
his ,wife to IBethseda, Md. ,for 'a health ~or ,a nu'mber of years.
vis,it at the home af Mr. and His w,i'fe, IDoris, is the daughter
Mrs. ,Keith ~Kingsley and faro. df Mr. and ~Mrs. Orv.ille dames
.fly. of (Formoso..He is ,also survived
Mrs. Gloria Greene and a by 'four children. :He was eo-
fNend from ,Kangas City spen't owner of ,Beloit 'Motor. ~emor-
the weekend v~siti.n,g her par- ial seTv,ices were held Tuesday
cots, ,Mr. ~and Mrs. Kenne:th, morning, Sep't. 29, at .the Luth-
Hu:ber. Sr., her grandparents, eran Churoh ,in ,Beloit. Several
Mrs..Razel ,Higbee, WIr. and friends of the ,family from For-
Mrs. ~Roy Weir. and ocher rela- moso were ~n attendance.
ti~es. IMr. 'and .Mrs. (tIarold Moh,ler
M,rs. Marvin ,Nelson was ad- attended a retired railrVad em-
mitted on Sunday evening to pl~yees p:icn~c .dinner dinner on
Asbury .Hospital in Sta.l,ina for Sunday ~at the Mankato park.
This includes retired employees
tests and ~bservation.
Mr. and. :Mrs. Dloyd Str.nad from 'Smith Center, Karts. to
and ,Troy were dinner guests ~Belleville. Kans.
Sunday df Mr. and Mrs. Alroy Mrs. Stanley Veach and
Gab,man and family a.t Court- daughter of Oakley, Kans. and
land, Den.ise ~and Scot~c G,arm'an her ~not'her, 'Mrs. (Ed,ward ~Isa'ac-
were Strl~.per guests on (Friday af son of Form,oso, ~x~ere ,Tuesday
the Strnads. visitors of ,Mrs. ~M'aude How-
The inspiring messages of land.
Mr. ~RiChard Baarendse, guest IM,rs. ,Emma Joerg enter'rained
speaker and missionary to Aus- the ,U & 2 Cl.ub at her home on
trio. held at the Formoso Corn- Monday afternoon ,with seven
munity C%urch from Sunday mezrlbers :presen.t. ]nvited
through 'Friday, ,was well at- guests were }Mrs. Anne Morris
tended. On Thursday and (Fri- andlMrs. ,Esther ~Bernek~ng. ~al-
day even,in'gs, a film and slides lowing an ,afternoon of ~'ards,
were shown of rthe beauti(ul the hostess served rOfreshments.
country af Austria and the way Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hu'ber
6f tile Of i~ts :pe~:le. Mr. and Of Con, eordia were Saturd'ay af-
Mrs. ,Baarendse and children ternoon 'visitors at the home of
1eft here Sa.turday ,for Greeley. his sister, Mrs. Clara Clark.
~iss Sarah ,Daird ~as an aqter-
Colo. where they will hold
meetings.
,Mr. and Mrs. ;Eugene Clark
and John dvo~e to Sal'ina on Fri-
day evening and were supper
guests of his sister. Col. and
With a Deposit of $200 or
re. Your choice of a set of
B|ND insulated mugs
tumblers. STARTING OCTOBER Ist, 1970
THE VALUE OF THIS PREMIUM A LIMIT OF ONE FREE SET PER FAMILY IS
ADDITIONAL SETS OF EITHER MUGS OR TUMBLERS OR A PITCHER MAY
~SED.
T INTEREST PAID ALLOWED BY LAW.
~T PAID ON PASSBOOK-DAY-IN TO DAY OUT.
5~ INTERESTg0 DAY PASSBOOK. $100 MINIMUM.
noon ca%].er.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Cun-
nir~gh~a'm of ~utchJnson were
recent visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. ~rnest ~yde. ~qer-
non and ~Ernest ,were classmates
in the Formoso ,H'igh Sc~o~l
and graduates in ,1920. ,The Cun-
singbams 'als,o visited at the
home of his cousin, Mr. and
Mrs. Otis C~nn,ingham ~n .~eb-
bet.
A group o$ relatives ~r.rived
at the home t~ Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Hyde on the weekend
af 'Sept. ,19. They were Mr. and
Mrs. John Carlson of Greeley,
Colo. ~Mrs. Sylvia Louderman,
Dayton, ,Colo., ,Mrs. Keith Stow,
Golden, Colo., ,Mrs. tLulu ~B'acon,
I~astin,g.s, Nebr., 'and their son,
Mr. ~nd Mrs. ~aul E. Hyde
and daughters of ~oodward,
Okla. On Sunday they all drove
to Concordia ~here they met
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Landreth
and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rob-
erts of Con~cordi'a and .,NI~r. and
~rs. Ira Jones of Jamestown.
.Mrs. ~.t~a Young entertained
the Ha~vthorne ,C!ub a:t her
home Thursday aRernoon with
a .good attendance. The guess
box was ~furrRshed by the hos-
tess and won by 'Mrs. Joy Duns-
tan. The afternoon was spent
socially. ~freshmen~ts were
served ,by the hostess.
The Formoso Ltbrary Club
met Frid'a~' at the ,'Degi~n Hall
for a covered dish luncheon at
12:30. Roll call was answered
by each giving her maiden
name. The club h,as purchased
severa,l new books to be placed
in the Foamoso CommunRy Di-
braD'.
Mrs. 'Maude ,How~and was a
d~nner guest Sunday of Mr. and
Mrs, Bruce .I-I~and.
Mrs. Vernie Emigh entertain-
ed a group el friends at her
home Thursday a.fternoon with
a Stanley party. Mrs. ~irley
Dabl ~#,a,s the demonst~a;tor. Re-
Valley View
Mrs. C. Summer~
Mary Intermill o'f Manhattan
~pcut tl,e weekend with h.r ,p-zr-
cots..Ms', and Mrs..Myron ln-
termill, and Mark.
The Va'tley View Club met
l:'riday afternoon ,with Mrs. Per-
ry Olena in Superior. There
,wa~ elgction of o'.~ficers as fol-
lows: president, Mrs. Gene Put'-
cell: vice-president. Mrs. Frank
l,an?a,r: secretary - treasurer.
?,lr,, Keith McKetlwn. Next
meet.rag is Oct. ~t~t with .Mrs.
Paul Rat}~bun.
Mrs. Dwight Marr visited ol|
Tucsday with Mrs. Ella Sum-
IIICI'S.
Mrs Dean Hansen t;f Fre-
mont was a rWedn~sday visitor
~f Mrs. Marvin Webber.
Callers Sunday afternoon at
Myron lntel:mF, Is' were Mr. and
Mrs. Wendell ~lntermiq of Jew-
ell
Mr. and Mrs. Tom MeKcown
bought a new trailer home and
phtced it near the Keith Me-
Kecwn home and they moved
ther.e Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Ross
and W:'yne ,were Sunday dinner
,gaes~s at the Arnold ~oss home.
Mr. ~l~d Mrs. Marvin ,Wcb'ber
were Friday evening supper
guests of .Don Wabbers in Man-
kato.
,Mr. and Mrs. David Demaray
were, Thursday afternoon callers
at the Keith McKecwn home.
'The Irvin McKec,wn 01d home
has ,been s01d and purchased
by Paul Ratt~bun.
Mrs. ,Ella Summers ,visited
Thursday ,with Mrs. Jim Heal-
ey. In the aftern0'an they at-
tended a party given by Mrs.
Frank Ebright :in Hardy in hon-
or of Mrs. Gayle Gunn and
Mrs. Su, mmer,s for their birth-
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lan~ger and
son 0[ tAncc,ln and Mrs: Glen
l,an,ger called Saturday at the
T,'~m Mc,Xecwn h~me.
Mrs. Dean ~Iansen 0'f Fre-
rn.ont and Mrs. Eleanor Crispin
were Saturday wisiLors o'f Mrs.
Marvin ~Weh!ber.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Crispifi
were Tuesday evening ~upper
guests ef Floyd Sissons.
Mrs. Don Hurd, Roxann and
Mark and Mrs. Don Bargen
were Sunday a~ftern~oon callers
0~f Tom MOKevwns.
.Mrs. ~Paul R, athbun and 'I~am
attended the Hutchinson State
Fa!r Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Wayne Tipt~n and Deb-
ra were Sunday dinner guests
~f Mr. and Mrs. Guy Under-
kofler in Beloit.
Mrs. Dix Hansen and Shannov
and Ylrs. Tom Mason were aq-
ternc~n callers Thursday at the
Paul Rathbun home.
Mr. and ~Mrs. Dale Crispir
w.ere Saturday evening suppe~
g, uests of Mrs. John Fergumn
in ,Mankato.
5 %~ INTEREST $1,000 OR MORE. 90-DAY CERTIFICATES.
5 3/4 INTEREST $5,000 OR MORE. 1 YEAR CERTIFICATES
6~0 INTEREST $10,000 OR MORE. 24 YEAR CERTIFICATE'.
THE MOST FOR YOUR SAVINGS DOLLAR IS YOUR BUSINESS.
HELPING YOU DO IT IS OURS. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU.
NORTH KANSAS SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
120 EAST MAIN BELOIT, KANSAS 67420
Mr..a~d Mrs. Percy Jeps,0n
spent the weekend at ,the home
o~ the,~r daushter, ,Mr. and Mrs.
Delmer ~0mJu,e and daughters
at Kea,rney, Nebr.
October Is 44{ Enroll~nent
Month. The Formoso WlF.]n,g
Workers are most eager to ex.
tend an iavitati,0n to l~oys and
girls o7 the communlty between
the 'ages of 8 and tO, who ~ould
be interested but haven't been
personally contacted through :an
c'versight. Please c0n,tact Nan'cy
F.piegel or ~etty 'H~.w~and by
Oct..t. ~We encourage pa,rents
to take an active part -- 44-I is
.a Sami,ly affair!
Liberty Club
,L~be.rty Club met Sept 24
.with ,Anne Oat with 12 members
answering roll call. Josephine
Siemen, a ~former member, met
with us. Election of o'~ficers was
held with the following officers
elected: Florence Alexander.
president; J.~an Dean, vice-
president; .Frances ,Walker, sec-
retary: and Clara'belle Hajny,
treasurer. Clarabelle and Jen-
nie had several interesting con-
tests. Anne served a pleasing
lunch and we adjourned to
meet Oct. 22 with .'Esther Ort~
,mall.
--~eporter.
amendment shall vote for the
amendment, the same shall he-
come a part of the constitution.
%Vben more than one amendment
shall be suhmitted at the same
election, such amendments shall
he so submitted as to enable the
electors to vote on each amend-
ment separately, One amend-
ment of the constitution may
revise any entire article, except
the article on general provisions.
and in revising any article, the
article may he renumhered and
all or parts of other articles may
be amended, or amended and
transferred to the article being
revised. Not more than five
amendments shall he suhmitted
at the same election.
"See, 2. Coustitutional con-
centions; approval by electors.
The legislatnre, by the a{}t~a-
tire vote of two-thirds of all the
members elected to each house,
may submit the question 'Shall
there he a convention to amend
or revise the constitution nf the
state of Kansas?' or the question
'Shall there he a convention lim-
ited to revision of article(s) ___
of the constitution of the state
of Kansas?'. to the electors at the
next election for representatives,
and the concurrent resolution
providing for such question shall
specify in such blank appropriate
words and figures to identify the
article or articles to be consid-
ered by the convention. If a
majority of all electors voting on
the question shall vote in the
affirmative, delegates to such con-
vention shall he elected at the
next election l,.~r representatives
thereafter, onless the legislature
shall have provided by law for
the election of such delegates at
a special etectinn. The electors
of each representative district a~
organized at the time of such
election of delegates shall elect
as many delegates to the con-
vention as there are representa-
tives from snch district. Such
delegates shall have the same
qualifications as provided by the
cnnstitution for members of the
legislature and members of the
legislature and candidates for
membership in the legislature
shall be eligible for election as
delegates to the convention. The
delegates so elected shall convene
at the state capital on the {}rst
Tuesday in May next following
such election or at an earlier date
if provided by law.
"The convention shall have
power to choose its own officers,
appoint and remove its employees
and {}x their compensation, de-
termine its ntles, judge the qual-
ifications of its members, and
carry on the business of the con-
vention in an orderly manner.
Each delegate shall receive such
compensation as provided hy
law. A vacancy in the office oi
any delegate shall he {}lied as
provided by law.
"The convention shall have
power to amend or revise all ot
that part of the constihttion in-
dicated by the question voted
opon to call the convention, sub
iect to rati{}cation by the electors
No proposed constitution, or
amendment or revision of an ex-
isting constitntim~, shall be sub-
,nltted by the convention tn the"
electors ,mless it has been avail-
able to the delegates in final fom~
at least three days on which the
convention is in session, nrior to
final passage, and receives the
assent of a majority of all the
delegates. The yeas and nays
unon final passage of any pro.
posal, and upon any question
upon request of one-tenth of the
delegates present, shall be en-
tered in the journal of the con-
vention.
"Proposals of the convention
shall he submitted to the electors
at the Srst general or special
statewide election occurring not
less than two months after final
action thereon by the conven-
tion. and shall take effect in
accordance with the provisions
thereof in such form and with
such notice as is directed by the
convention upon receiving th,.
approval of a maiority of the
qualified electors votin~ thereon."
I hereby certify that the forego-
ing is a true copy of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Kansas contained in
House Concurrent Resolution No.
1033 adopted by the 1970 session
of the legislature, the original of
which is now on file and a matter of
record in my office.
ELWILL M. ~HANAHAN,
Secretartl of State.
( s=,a. )
- • I/quors."
I hereby certify that the fore-
Wa,unda Donahue received going is a true copy of the proposed
v~ord that her brother, Lynr amendment to the Constitution of
the State of Kansas contained In
Fiero, ~va,s in the St~versid~ Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 8
General ~H.ospital with a broken adopted by the lge9 sen/on of the
legislature, the original of which Is
reg. Lynn's address is Riverside now on Sic and a matter of record
General Hospital, Tt00m 19. Riv- In my O~{~FXLL M, SHANAHA~,
SetretQW of Stag.
erside, C~lif,
STATE OF KANSAS
Notice of Submiss/on of Propmed
Constitut/onal Amendment at
November 8, 1970
General Election
Question No. 2
Pursuant to Section 1 of Article
fresIwnents #f co,.fee and dough-
nuts were served by the h0s-ox~ of the Constitution of the State
Kansas and in compliance with
tess. Houee Concurrent Eesolution No.
~.. '~r, st.. ,D~ ,I~- ~¢ a4,,,.~nd 1033, adopted by the legislature on
~r*[~. ,t'q~tttt u.~w*ca ~ ,.-~uwu~u March ll, 1970, a proposition will
spent several days last week at be submitted to the voters at the
._ _ . ..' ...... November 8, 1970, General Election
me n0me 0¢ i.w,rs, ~sts ~owies. (or their approval or reJectJon to
amend Article 14 of the Constitution
On Saturday .the t~#o ladies
follows:
drove ,ba, ck to At~vo0d for a ~istt " Article 14 of the Comtitution of
With ~=Ta*~,== lartd ~oth exnecttha State of Kansas is amended to
to return to F0rm0so in a few "Artlole 14,-
days. CONSTITUTIONAL
STATE OF KANSAS
Not/ce of Submission of Proposed
Constitutional Amendment at
November 3, 1970
General Election
Question No. l
Pursuant to Section I of Article
14 of the Constitution of the State
of Kansas and in compliance with
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. S.
adopted by the legislature on March
14, 19S9 a proposition will be sob-
m tted to the voters at the Novem-
ber 3, 1970, General Election for
their approval or rejection to amend
Section 10 of Article 1,$ of the Con-
stitut/on as follows:
Set, inn 10 of Article 1,$ of the
Constitution of the State of Kansas
is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 10. The legislature
may provide for the prohibition
of intoxicating liquors in certain
areas. Subject to the foregoing,
the legislature may regulate, li-
cense and tax the manufactore
and sale of intoxicating liquors,
and may regulate the possession
and transportation of intoxicating
t Sg4L )
Mr. and Mrs. Darus Henning-
sen were 9unday evenlng s,u~
per ,~uests at the h~me ~f Mr,
and Mrs. Reeve Hasrkins at
Bu,rr Oak.
AMENDMENT AND
REVISION
tdat~r~; app.tova[ aV elactore.
Propmittom tot the amendment
of this comtltutlon maF be made
by concurrant resolution origi.
natln$ tn either house of t~ae
legislature, and if two-thirds of
alI the member~ elected to each
house shall approve such re|o.
lution, the seine, with the yeu
and nays thereon, shall be en-
tered on the Journal of each
house. The secretary of state
shall came luch resolution to be
published in .one newspaper in
each county of the state where a
newlpaper ~ published, once each
week for nv.e ~$) consecutive
weeks immad|ateiy pretedln~ the
next election for represent~';--.
• In .... "°
or prec d g a spec/al election
called by concm'rent resolut/on
of the les[slature for tbe purpose
of subm/tt/ng constltut/onal prop-
tuitions. At such election, such
proposition tn amend the con-
stitutlon shall he |ubmitted el-
ther by title generally de|cript/ve
of the contents thereof, or by
the amendment am a whole, to
the electors for their approval or
rejection. If such propositinn is
anbmitted by title, snch title
shall be speci{}ed in the concnr-
rant relmhtt/on making the prop.
tuition. If a ma|orfty ~f the
electors votla~ on any such
STATE OF KANSAS
Notice of Submission of Proposed
Constitutional Amendment at
November 8, 1970
General Electim~
Questim~ No, ,'3
Pursuant to Section 1 of Article
14 of the Constitution of the State
of Kansas and in compliance with
House Concurrent Resolution No.
~,~, ~,~102{}'ad°pted by the legislature on
1 7o, a proposi,,on will
tea to the voters at the
November 3, 1970, General Election
for their approval or rejection to
amend Article 1 and reneal Article 8
of the Constitution as t'ollows:
"Article 8 of the constitotion of
the state of Kansas is hereby re-
pealed and article 1 of the consti-
tution of the state of Kansas is
amended to read as follows:
"Article I.--EXECUT/VE
"Scction 1. Executive ot~icc, rs;
#election; terms, The constitu-
tional officers of the executive
department shall he the governor.
lientenant governor, secretary Of
state and attorney general who
shall have such qnaliflcations
as are provided hy law. Such
o/~lcers shall be chosen by tha
elcctors of this state at the
time of voting for members of
the legislature in the year 1974
and every four )'ears thereafter,
and such o~lccrs elected in 1974
and thereafter shall have terms
of fnur years which shall hegln
on the second Mnnday Of ]ano-
ary next after their eh, ction and
unt/l their soccessors are e ected
and qualified. In the year 1974
aud thereafter, at rill elections of
governor and |icutenunt governor
the candidates for such o~flces
shall he nominatcd aod eh,cted
juintlv ill snch nlanner as JS pre-
scribt~d hc law so that a siogle
vote sllall bc casi b)r a candidate
for gnver e)r and a caodidate for
lieutenant ~ovel'llor n|nnhlg tn-
getln, r. and if sn,'h candidate.
ere itolnJnatt'd I))' petition or COll-
veotlon cat'h )c(Itiml Slgllatnre
and cach Ct)ll%?cn|ioll vote s roll
he made for a candidate for
g.v-
ernnr and a can,lklate for lieno
tcnan| governnr l~nlniog together,
No pcrsull nay be e ected to
more thai1 ttvo successive ternls
.I governor aod I~elttt,nan[ gOV-
- ,v.
JrEWELL COUNTY RE, CORD
Thursday, 0etcher 1, 1970
Page 3 - Section 2
"Sev. :3. Executice power of
g(It'crHor, The sopretnc exccotive
powc,~ ot this state shall be
vested in a goverl{or, %vho shah
be rvsponsible for the enlorce-
mvnt t){ th,. I+,w~ of this state.
"Sv~, 4. llcports to got-
eraor, The Rovernor o)a~,' rcqltire
infnrmatio,~ in writing fr,an the
otficers ot the executive depart-
)Oellt, upon all}' subiec't relati g
t,~ their rcsl,evtive d t es The
ol i~crs of the executive depart-
m,',~t, ,rod tlf' alt public state insti-
t,,ti,ms, shaU, at ]cast ten t{ty~,
prv,'cding v;wh rcguhtr session of
the h'uisl.~tm'c svvcrallv rcport
to t ~t, go~crtmr, who shrill trans-
mit such reports to th(' lcg/sla*
tuft.
"St'c, .~. Gout'rnor's rlntit,.~
for legLs'latu~c; tnu~,~ages; spvci.I
,s('ssionv; atl/otzrn.t('nt. The go,,'-
t'{llor lna~. t)l'~ extrtmrdhlary oc-
tas,,.l~. ,'all th'e h'gislatore into
si)ccial se.~SiOll I)s" proc]a 11 tt Ot
aud shall ca{l t{w" leg slatm'c into
spc~.ial st'ssil~ll, iq)on petition
signed by at least two-thh'ds of
thc mvmbers clected to each
]lOllS('. *'kt ,.".fry scssJ¢)n o[ tilt!
h'gishdl,rt, thc governor shall
volnnlmli(ate io writing inforln~l-
tioo in re,fort,nee to the v,mtli-
tioo of the state, and rt'~onl-
blend Stlt..h lll¢';lslt}¢.s ,Is {1(, dee I'~S
t'xpt'ditqlt. II1 case of disa~rcc-
' mcllt bt.tvc¢,¢.lt the tWO botlSc$ in
rcslwtt of the tin., of adjemrn-
nlcnt, the' go'~t,rnor may adjoorn
the ]cgislature to Sllcb time as
he ch.cms proper not bev, d its
next reglllar session.
"St't. 6. ]lcorgat|i=ahon n~
state agetici,,~ o~ cxecutit't, bratlch,
(,~ ]:,,r the ]),lrp¢)sl. n[ transfer-
rmg, alm{ishing, cooso[idating or
c'o,~rc],l~,ttlllt~ the whole or any
t),lrt (}[ ktltx ht ¢' a~.t.nc)', or the
um'|i,ms t'h,.leof, withm the ex-
ecllti%t, ])rdi,L'h ()t state govcJ'n-
recur, wh¢.n the governor consid-
ers the ~alu¢. n¢%c~sary for ¢'~]-
cient administration, hc Inay
i~tlt, OIlt' OI 1,tt)r(, cxccllti&t* rt~-
iirM;mi/a|il)n ¢)rdcrs, ('ach bear-
in~ an idv,ltif~i~g nmnbt,r, and
trao~mit the same to the h'gis-
lature withio the first thirty tel-
endar days of any regular Ses-
sion. Agencies and f,,nvtioos of
the h'gis]ativc anc[ jndicial
branches, and constitutionally
deh'~atcd fmwtions o| state o~-
cers and state boards shall be
exempt flOIII CXccutivt' renrga-
nizat ioo nr(h,rs,
"(b) The governor shall
transmit each ex¢,cutive reorga-
mzatlt,o order to both ]moses Ot
the lcgi~lat rc on the same day
and each snt.h order shal ,e ac-
contpaniecl v a govern( r's hieS-
,age which " shah s ~ec/ty with
respect to t, ach abolition Of a
function mchuled in the order
tbe statutory authority for the
exerctsc of the fonction. Every
executive reorganization order
shall provide for the transter or
other disposition o~ the records,
~roperty and pcrsounel affected
y the order. Every executive
reorganization order shall pro-
vide for all necessary transom
of unexpended balances of ap-
propriations of agencies affected
hy such order, and such changes
m responsibility for am! handling
of special tunds as ,nay be neces-
sary to accomplish the purpose ot
such order. Transferred balances
:;~,,; P~:r° P~iea t il;~un~ o smeas Y fobre w~d
the appropriation was originally
marie.
"(c) Each execut/ve reorga-
nlzatioo order transmitted to the
h'gishltore as provided in this
sectmn shall take effect and have
the force of general law on the
July 1 following its transmittal to
the legislature, unless within
sixty tah'ndar days and before
the a
